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WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED IEB. 19.1 9119.

Patented Mar.14,1911'.

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APPLIcATmfi FILED $313.19, 1910.

Patented Mar. 14, 1911.

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ATTORNEYS ama- . r'siT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VINGENQ? -MEBVINE. F STRQUDSBUBG. BBNCNSYLYANIA.

WHEEL.

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Be it known that ;I. VINCENT O. Blunvms. a citizen of the United States. and a resident of Stroudsburg', in the county of Monroe and State of'Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vheels. of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an innrove-nient. in wheels. and especially in whee s designed for use on automobiles and similar vehicles; and the invention consists in certain novel constrictions and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 isa side view of a wheel embodying my invention. parts being broken awa v and others being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on about line-Q-f! of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a V detail perspective view of a portion of the tire carrier. parts being broken away. Fig. l is a detail perspective view of a rtion of the rim plate having the fixed ange and the bolt flange. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the removable flange. and Fig. 6 is a detail face view of a portion of the tire.

In the construction shown, the telly A of the wheel may be carried by the s okes B in the usual manner and to this fel y is secured the rim plate C which rests upon the outer surface of the felly A and may be secured thereto in an suitable manner. This rim plate terminates at one edge C at one. side of the telly A and is provided at its other edge with an inwardly projecting bolt flange, C and with an outwardly projecting tire securing flange D, the latter being curved in cross section to embrace a flange. E at the inner edge of the tire F and being also provided at intervals with openings D' forthe reception of bosses or projections G at the outer side of the tire carrier G presently described.

The boltfiange C is provided at: its inner edge with a lip C which fits slightly within the telly A and this flange C is perforated for the bolts H which extend through the flange C thence through the Specification of Letters Patent.

telly hi andprojeet at their free ends bevond the opposite side of the fell v to receive 2 l E transverse and circumferential tire anchorthe. renuwahle flange I as shown in Fig. i, of the drawing. The flange T has a bolt receivin; plate l similar to the flange of the rim plate and has its flange proper Patented Ma r. l t. 4.914.

Application iloddebrnary 18. 1910. Serial 80. 544,928.

provided with openings I to reosses G on the tire'carrier when 1 of .As shown, this comprises cross rods J which extend through the bosses G and are suitably secured by riveting as shown or otherwise as may be. desired and thesecross rods are. spaced slightly away from the base plate G of the. carrier G so the molded rubber may pass below the cross rods. T 0 these cross rods "tire secured circumferentiall v disposed anchor rods K which are. spaced away from the base plate G of the carrier usually to a greater extent than the cross rods and are provided adjacent the -said 'cross rods with inwardly dipping portions K' which curve below and are secured to the cross rods so that the cross rods brace. steady and anchor the circumferential rods in position. By this construction, when the tire as shown is molded in the carrier. it will be firmly held thereto as against strains in various directions such as are. exerted ordinarily upon automobile wheels in the operation of such machines.

is shown. the tire F has its outer surface formed with diagonally disposed cross ribs F and is also provided with a plurality of series of channels F and F extending transversely through the tire and diagonally to the circumference thereof, the outer chan nels F being disposed at approximately a right angle to the direction of the ribs F and the channels F of the inner series extending atapproaimatel a right angle to the channels F this construction afi'ording considerable elasticity in the use of the tire with. the mi'niunnn weakening effect upon the tire.

By my invention. it will be noticed I provide a tire carrying plate having edge flanges to retain the tire and provided betweeusaid flange and overlying its base plate with' tire carrier. as more fully described above.

' l alw providei'neans for detachably secur- I' curved to lit the flange of the tire ear 3 ing this tire carrier in place upon the wheel,

said means having devices for interlocking withthe tire carrier for preventing any movement thereof in a circular direction upon the wheel and the construction is so formed as to facilitate the application and removal of the tire carrier in the use of the invention.

I claim: v

The combination of a felly, a rim plate secured thereon and having at one edge a fixed flangeprovided with openings and also having at said edge a bolt flange lapping alongside the folly, bolts extending through 1110 bolt flange and felly and projecting beyond the opposite side of the fellv. a tire carrier fitting on the rim plate and having edge flanges provided with bosses or pro'ections, those on theflange of the carrier a jacent to the flange of the rim plate fitting the openings in said flange and a removable flange applied to the opposite side of the carrier and havin a flange proper lapping alongside and receivin" .the bosses of the car-- rierand' also having a bolts: eiit ended through the jelly, all 'Sllba stantia'lly as anrhfor the pur oses set forth VINCENT O. ERVINE. Witnesses;

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PERRY B.

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